Keriann Christensen is managing director at RGP, responsible for business development, managing client service management, recruiting directors, and establishing and achieving sales and profit goals for RGP's growing Central Texas practice, which is based in San Antonio and spans from South Texas up to Austin. She has worked for RGP for more than 10 years in its Los Angeles office, initially as a consultant then as a senior recruiting director. During her tenure at RGP, Christensen has served as the project lead for several strategic engagements at global clients and has also helped drive double-digit growth of the Information Management practice in Southern California over the past five years. Before joining RGP, she was a consultant at both Capgemini and Oracle Corporation, where she served as a program manager for several global transformation initiatives.

Christensen earned a BBA in Management Information Systems at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She is active in Women in Technology International, Financial Executives International, Women's Energy Network, and the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.

Don Cook is self-employed and serves as an independent director on four corporate boards: Crane Corporation (Compensation/Governance); USAA Federal Savings Bank (Audit/Trust/Governance), and Beechcraft Aircraft Co, (Audit and Government Security, chair); U.S. Security Associates (Compensation); consultant for Lockheed-Martin Corp.; and senior mentor for the Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar at the University of Virginia Darden Business School. He has also served on the boards of United Way, Masters Leadership Program of San Antonio and Bexar County, Housing 1 Source, and Cybernance Inc.

Cook served on the board of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (Compensation) from August 2005 until its sale to Berkshire Hathaway in February 2010. Prior to his retirement from the Air Force in August 2005, his culminating assignment was as the commander, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, where he was responsible for executing the $8+ billion annual budget to recruit, train, and educate Air Force personnel, safely implement the 500,000-hour annual flying hour program, and provide for the leadership/welfare/oversight of 90,000 military and civilian personnel in the command.

Cook had numerous command and high-level staff assignments during his career. He commanded a flying training wing and two space wings, the 20th Air Force (the nation's nuclear Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force), and commander of Air Combat Command during September 11, 2001. Cook also served as the chief, Senate Liaison Office, Capitol Hill, and on the staff of the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. House of Representatives. During his 36-year career, he flew over 4,000 hours in various trainer, bomber, and fighter aircraft and retired as a four-star general. He was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptional leadership.

Joe. C. McKinney became vice chairman of Broadway National Bank on October 1, 2002. His responsibilities include overall business development for the commercial bank and the private bank. He also serves as a Broadway Bank director.

McKinney retired on March 31, 2002, as chairman of the board and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Bank in San Antonio. He has 28 years of experience with JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly Chase Manhattan Bank and Texas Commerce Bank). He was a senior officer for three locations in San Antonio and one location in New Braunfels.

McKinney began his banking career with Texas Commerce in 1974 as a credit analyst. In 1985, he was named executive vice president and head of Commercial Banking. He was elected to the title of chairman and CEO of the San Antonio region in December 1987. He is also very active in numerous organizations, including as director of Luby's Inc. (NYSE: LUB), as well as chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee and member of the Executive Committee and Board Governance Committee; director of Broadway National Bank and Broadway Bancshares Inc.; and director of NY REIT (NYSE: NYRT) and chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.

Diane Sanchez is a principal partner and managing director for Boerne Group LLC, working closely in managing the development, sales, market entry, and value creation of growth-stage and mid-cap private equity portfolio companies. She currently serves as a senior advisor in ICT Infrastructure for Partners Group, a Swiss-based $57 billion private equity firm, and as an independent director for Seabras 1, the first direct subsea cable system connecting Brazil to the United States. She is also an operating partner for TriCap Partners, a boutique alternative asset investment firm working to devise strategies and raise capital to meet growth objectives for early- stage and middle-market growth companies.

Sanchez has held senior leadership positions with some of the world's leading global technology companies, including president and CEO for Telefonica USA, providing corporate communications, managed services, information technology, and business continuity for Fortune 500 companies in Latin America and Europe; president and CEO of Global Crossing Latin America, launching operations in Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and South America, responsible for building the Latin America subsea telecommunication infrastructure as we know it today; president of Terremark and NAP of the Americas, launching the Fifth Communications and IP hub in the world in Miami and network access points in Brazil and Colombia; president of Global Operations for Mozido, leading market entry and key in establishing global partnerships and alliances in providing financial services to the disenfranchised; SVP of Sales and Operations for Alcatel Lucent in the Caribbean and Latin America region, at the forefront of deploying telecommunications into the region; and regional director, Pacific, for AT&T Allestra, launching in-country operations in Mexico at the onset of Mexico's market deregulation.

Sanchez is active in the community, and her past activities have centered on education, technology entrepreneurship, and the disenfranchised. She has served on the board of directors and in leadership positions of a number of organizations, and she has played key leadership roles in transforming Latin America's ICT infrastructure. Recognized in the transformation of South Florida's ICT sector, she chaired the Technology Committee for the Beacon Council, Miami's Economic Development Organization. She also served on the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee for Mozido Inc., launching its global operations and deploying a mobile payment platform providing financial services to the unbanked. Recognized for her commitment in promoting education, Sanchez was named to the Board of the National Latino Education Research Agenda Project and served for five years building dialogue concerning the education crisis confronting Latino communities. Most recently she served as CEO for the Technology Foundation of the Americas and successfully launched a private/public sector strategic economic stimulus initiative to establish Miami as the Technology Hub for Latin America. She serves on the Latin Business Today Advisory Board as a senior advisor, driving growth and success of Hispanic businesses and mentoring Latino entrepreneurs through thought leadership and productivity.

Sanchez holds a BBA from The University of Texas McCombs School of Business in Austin, Texas, where she studied International Business.

Bill Arend has spent more than 23 years in the software industry, including roles at Microsoft, Oracle, and Workday. Currently he is leading a regional team at Workday focused on serving the Office of Finance and Human Resources in the mid-market in south Texas and Louisiana. At Oracle for almost a decade, Arend built one of the most respected and top producing teams in North America. Prior to Oracle, he helped manage Microsoft's partner community, resulting in an award for the top-producing region in the United States.

Outside of his software and services duties, Arend founded and serves as chairman for 1P410 Sports Performance LLC, a fully integrated sports performance training and wellness center based in the Woodlands. 1P410 Sports leverages technology and data to help athletes of all ages and skill levels work from a game plan to reduce risk of injury and achieve peak performance.

He currently serves on the Austin Advisory Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors and formerly served the Houston Technology Center. In addition, he recently served on the board for the Austin Technology Council, National Business Development Association, and the Greater Houston Manufacturing Association.

Arend earned a BBA in Marketing with a minor in Information Technology from Baylor University. He enjoys raising his son and two daughters with his wife of 24 years, watching his kids perform on volleyball courts and golf courses around the country, spending time with family, and playing golf.

David Bixby is a managing director in Pearl Meyer's Houston office and has over 15 years of experience advising compensation committees and management teams on compensation program design and governance. He consults extensively with compensation committees and senior management teams on the assessment and design of executive and director pay programs, compensation strategy and philosophy development, annual and long-term incentive plan design, employment and severance agreements, pay and performance alignment, competitive pay analyses, and corporate governance. He has worked with both public and private companies of varying sizes across a range of industries, with a focus on oil and gas and the broader energy sector.

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer in 2010, Bixby was a senior consultant in the Houston office of Towers Perrin (later Towers Watson). He is a member of WorldatWork and the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. He is a Certified Executive Compensation Professional and serves on the San Antonio Advisory Board for the National Association of Corporate Directors Texas TriCities Chapter.

Jeff Brouillard currently serves as regional vice president for Wells Fargo's San Antonio Middle Market Banking office, which covers San Antonio, New Braunfels, the Hill Country, Corpus Christi, Laredo, and the Rio Grande Valley. He and his team manage a diverse client portfolio of over $1 billion in commitments, noting client relationships with some of the largest and most recognizable companies in San Antonio.

Brouillard began his career with Wells Fargo as a summer intern in the San Antonio Middle Market Banking office in 2003. Upon graduating from Vanderbilt University in 2004, he joined the Dallas Middle Market Banking Office, where he spent two years as a credit analyst. Following his two years in Dallas, Brouillard spent six months in San Francisco under the Wells Fargo Credit Management Training Program, where he graduated at the top of his class. In March 2007, he rejoined the San Antonio office as a relationship manager, serving in that capacity until a promotion to loan team lead in July 2016.

Brouillard grew up in San Antonio and is a graduate of Alamo Heights High School. He is active in the community through his involvement with the San Antonio Children's Museum dba The DoSeum (board member), LiftFund (board member, treasurer), Alamo Heights School Foundation (Finance Committee member), and Redeemer Presbyterian Church (deacon). He and his wife, Sara Goudge Brouillard, have three children: James, Joshua, and Cece.

Tyler Brown joined the Longnecker & Associates team in 2007 and is a director in the Houston Office. He also managed the executive compensation program within Sysco Corporation's human resources function from 2014 until rejoining the firm in 2016. Brown is Compensation Committee Certified and holds a designation as a Professional in Human Resources in addition to currently being a member of Houston Compensation and Benefits Association and WorldatWork.

Roger Burg is the president of O'Malley Burg Consulting LLC, a San Antonio-based company that specializes in connecting industry with opportunity in the defense and government sectors in San Antonio, Texas. O'Malley Burg Consulting's client base includes aerospace, command and control, cybersecurity, and information technology companies serving the San Antonio military community.

Burg retired from active duty in September 2010 after 32 years of service in the Air Force. He commanded ICBM and space units for 10 years, including squadron, group, vice wing, wing, and Numbered Air Force. He also served in significant national security and international affairs positions at the White House, the Joint Staff, the Air Staff, U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Space Command, and Strategic Air Command. His final active duty position was commanding 20th Air Force, responsible for 10,000 airmen, three operational bases, and 500 deployed ICBMs.

Burg serves as an advisor to the U.S. Strategic Command Advisory Group and is a regular guest speaker at the Air War College. He is active in national security matters and international affairs and recently published a major review of the nuclear deterrent and the importance of modernizing the ICBM force, America's Nuclear Backbone: The Value of ICBMs and the New Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent.

Burg is the chairman of the board of Material Intellect, an informatics company specializing in materials science data management and artificial intelligence. He is an active member of the San Antonio community, serving on the Chamber of Commerce Cyber Task Force, the Masters Leadership Program Alumni Association, and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.

Burg also belongs to and serves several professional associations, including as chairman of the Board of Directors for Material Intellect; member of the Board of Directors for Fisher House Inc. and of The First Tee of Greater San Antonio; and life member of the Air Force Association and the Air Force Academy Association of Graduates.

Burg earned his BS in Engineering Mechanics, Distinguished Graduate, from the US Air Force Academy, and two Masters of Science: one in Aerospace Engineering, Guggenheim Fellow, from Columbia University, and one in Strategic Studies, Distinguished Graduate, from the Naval War College. He is also a Distinguished Graduate of the National War College.

Roger Burks serves as an executive managing director and CEO at WG Consulting. He and his team serve as interim CFOs for a number of companies and provide all financial, operational, and transactional services to clients as well. He is a CPA with over 34 years of business experience, including over 20 years with Deloitte & Touche and 14 years of experience as a senior executive in the energy industry, including taking a company through a public debt raise and IPO as the CFO. Burks' experience further stems from serving on boards, funding new ventures, and starting two management consulting firms. Prior to WG, he was the partner in charge of the Energy Practice & Global Strategic Clients for Deloitte & Touche in Houston, Texas. He served as lead partner for many of the energy clients at Deloitte and led various transaction projects, including external audits, acquisitions, divestitures, public and private stock and debt offerings, and merger integration. Burks is a director for STR Marketplace, Business Ethics Forum, WG Consulting, and Palmetto Cleaning Technology.

Patricia Diaz Dennis was senior vice president and assistant general counsel at AT&T until she retired in November 2008. She currently serves on the boards of directors of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Entravision, and U.S. Steel. She also sits on the LBJ Family Wealth Advisors Advisory Board and chairs the Sanctions Panel for The Global Fund. She was chair of Girl Scouts of the USA from 2005 to 2008. Diaz Dennis received three presidential appointments, confirmed by the U.S. Senate: member, National Labor Relations Board (1983-86); commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (1986-89), and assistant secretary of state for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (1992-93).

Among her many awards, Diaz Dennis was selected by the Women and the Law Section of the Texas State Bar in June 2012 to receive the Sarah T. Hughes Women Lawyers of Achievement award. In November 2009, the National Hispana Leadership Institute presented her its national Mujer award. In April 2008, Texas Diversity magazine named her one of eight Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas and gave her a Glass Ceiling Award; in February 2008, Hispanic magazine named her one of the top 25 best Latinos in business, and she received the 2007 Association of Fundraising Professionals Award for her ongoing commitment to volunteerism and philanthropy. Diaz Dennis was inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.

She holds a law degree from Loyola University of Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Arthur Rojas Emerson is president and CEO of KLRN-TV, the public television station for San Antonio. He was appointed to this position in January 2015. Previously he was chairman and CEO of The Emerson Agency, a 15-year old full-service, bilingual marketing and public relations agency with offices in San Antonio, Austin, Washington, D.C., and the Rio Grande Valley.

His television background is extensive, having served as vice president of Telemundo Texas-owned and -operated television stations. He joined Telemundo in 1989 with the assignment to build and manage KVDA-TV. In 1994, he was assigned to the Telemundo stations throughout Texas. Before joining the television network, Emerson held various management assignments with the CBS station KENS-TV, where he started as a mailroom clerk in 1965.

Over the years, the community has tapped Emerson's leadership for a variety of organizations. He served as chairman of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Hispanic Chamber. He is past chairman of CPS Energy, the nation's largest publicly owned utility, Port San Antonio, Free Trade Alliance, and the Governor's Committee on Aerospace Aviation.

Emerson also serves on the boards of: Luby's Inc., San Antonio Medical Foundation, Cancer Therapy & Research Center, Masters Leadership, and NACD and served as commissioner for the Texas Military Preparedness Commission. He served two terms on the San Antonio Branch of the Dallas Federal Reserve Board and 16 years on the board of USAA Federal Savings Bank. In 2000, Gov. George W. Bush appointed Emerson to chair the Texas Aerospace Commission.

He received "The Ernie" Lifetime Achievement Award from The Avenida Guadalupe, The Silver Medal Award from The Advertising Federation, the Media of Excellence Award from Women in Communications, the Distinguished Leader Award from the Greater Chamber of Commerce, and the Brillante Award from Texas Hispanic Magazine, and he was named a San Antonio Legend in recognition for community service by the South Chamber. Emerson was the keynote speaker before the University of Texas at San Antonio School of Business Commencement of 2007.

Ruben M. Escobedo is a Certified Public Accountant. He owned and operated his public accounting firm, Ruben Escobedo & Company, CPAs, in San Antonio, since its formation in 1977 through 2007. He also serves as a director of Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. He has served as a director of Valero or its former parent company since 1994. His past directorships include Valero Energy Corporation, Frost Bankers, United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County, Catholic Association of Latino Leaders, and CST Brands Inc.

Victoria Garcia is managing partner of the Bracewell LLP San Antonio office. She also represents clients in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including employment discrimination litigation, administrative proceedings, labor/management relations, and the formulation of policies and procedures relating to every aspect of the employment relationship.

Additionally, Garcia provides clients with advice and counsel on international employment issues, including the application of United States legislation abroad; the transfer, assignment, and separation of employees on foreign assignment; the transfer of employees between subsidiaries and related entities; and conflicts between U.S. and foreign legislation. Garcia is fluent in Spanish.

Maryanne Guido is chief executive officer and chairman of Guido & Companies, overseeing all Guido Companies: Guido Construction Company Inc., Guido Building Materials, and Guido Management Services Inc. As such, she is accountable for the overall success and profitability of the companies. See also manages client relations, business development, strategic planning, employee and leadership development, and operations. Under Maryanne's leadership, Guido Construction has experienced dynamic growth and positioned themselves in the top tier of South Texas builders. When she joined Guido & Companies in 1993, she assisted with business operations, employee training, and development, and management.

Prior to Guido Companies, Guido pursued a career St. Mary's University, receiving a her ASID Certification in Interior Design, and she later founded Guido Interiors Inc., specializing in commercial and residential design and renovations for the next 10 years. She began her career with USAA as an actuarial analyst. Guido serves on several boards, including Consulting Contractors of America Council, AGC National Education Foundation, San Antonio Zoo, The Village of Incarnate Word, and Opera San Antonio.

Guido received her BS in Mathematics and Economics with a minor in Statistical Analysis from the University of Virginia, magna cum laude. Most recently, she was honored with induction into the Consulting Constructors of America Council at the 2015 AGC National Convention. Guido and her husband, Tom, have four children and three grandsons. They enjoy and participate in many volunteer activities in their community, church, and industry. She spends her leisure time biking, practicing yoga, skiing, reading, cooking, traveling, and drinking great wine.

Joseph McLauchlan is a Federal Tax partner with KPMG's San Antonio office and has more than 14 years of experience. He is also the office managing partner. In his work, he focuses on providing tax planning and compliance services to both public and private companies. He concentrates primarily in energy and oilfield service company taxation, including corporate and partnership tax issues in the areas of federal, state, and international tax consultation and compliance. McLauchlan advises on transactions and provides both tax planning and compliance in several industries. He has worked with auditors on FAS 109 for major international companies and with clients in oil and gas production, renewables, refining, natural gas processing, chemicals, and transmission. He also has experience with foreign registrant adoption of SEC regulations, U.S. GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, and IFRS.

McLauchlan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the San Antonio Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. He as a BS from Texas A&M University at Kingsdale. His other professional activities include being a member of the board of Junior Achievement, serving as the San Antonio office campaign manager for the United Way campaign, and being a member of KPMG's quality review process team.

Milam Newby is managing partner of Vinson & Elkins' Austin, Texas, office. He is a corporate attorney who represents clients including start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, venture capital firms, and other private and public equity investors in private financing transactions, private and public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts, debt financing, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and other business transactional matters.

Over the past 10 years, Newby has developed a particular emphasis on representing emerging companies and investors in private financing transactions, guiding them throughout the entire financing process, from start-up to exit. He also advises public and private companies on issues related to organization, capital structure, stock incentives, governance, litigation risk management, securities law compliance, and disclosure. He has led transactions across a variety of industries, including technology, life sciences, energy, and financial services.

Dick Schlosberg is the former publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times and the immediate past president and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a position he held since 1999. The Packard Foundation is one of the nation's largest philanthropic foundations. During his five-year tenure, the Foundation averaged more than $10 billion in assets and made over $2 billion in grants to nonprofit organizations worldwide.

Schlosberg began his newspaper career with Harte-Hanks Communications in 1975. He became president of its newspaper operations in 1980 and served in that capacity until 1983, when he joined The Times Mirror Company as publisher and chief executive officer of the Denver Post.

In 1988, Schlosberg left the Denver Post to join another Times Mirror newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, as president and chief operating officer. After years of increased responsibility with Times Mirror, he was appointed publisher and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Times in 1994. He joined the Times Mirror Board of Directors one year later. When he retired, he was responsible for six newspapers (the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, the Baltimore Sun, The Hartford Courant, The Allentown Morning Call, and the Stamford Advocate), with a total daily circulation of two million.

Both the Denver Post and the Los Angeles Times were recognized for excellence under his leadership. The Los Angeles Times earned the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Northridge earthquake, produced nine Pulitzer finalists, and garnered many of journalism's other top honors. The Denver Post won the coveted Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for its coverage of missing children.

Schlosberg continues to be very active in civic and professional organizations. He is currently a board member of eBay, located in the Silicon Valley of Northern California; and of Edison International in Southern California, where he serves as the lead independent director. In addition, he is chair of the Board of the Kaiser Family Foundation and is a founding director of the United States Air Force Academy Endowment, a charitable foundation supporting the Air Force Academy. He is the past chairman of United Way campaigns in Denver and Los Angeles. His previous board affiliations include the Smithsonian Institution, BEA Systems, Junior Achievement, Pomona College, the USO, and the Newspaper Association of America.

After returning to San Antonio in 2004, Schlosberg became a founding director of The Bank of San Antonio, Bandera First State Bank, and San Antonio Capital Management. He also serves on the boards of the San Antonio Area Foundation, the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and the San Antonio Medical Foundation.

Schlosberg graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and earned a master's degree with honors from the Harvard Business School. He served five years as an Air Force pilot and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. In 2003, Schlosberg was honored by the Air Force Academy and named one of its distinguished graduates. He and his wife, Kathy, live in San Antonio and have two grown children and four grandchildren.

Todd Trcka is senior vice president of Lockton Companies LLC. He has over 15 years of experience working with clients to design and implement their health and welfare programs. His responsibilities include the marketing, servicing, and developing of employee benefit programs. He is directly involved in benefits markets within the United States as well as globally, which allows him to bring applicable knowledge and experience his clients need and deserve.

In 1992, Trcka joined Humana Health Plans of Texas as a sales representative in the Corpus Christi office. While at Humana he served on several leadership councils and product development teams. After a promotion and transfer to Austin, Texas, he played a key role in Humana's acquisition of PCA Healthplans in Austin.

In 2001, Trcka joined Aon Consulting and was asked to develop the San Antonio market. The majority of his experience has been in the middle market segment, with clients ranging in size from 500 to 15,000 employees, including both publicly traded and privately held. Several of his clients have received awards for design and print communications from "The Communicator."

Dora Ann Verde is an executive with extensive experience in accounting, auditing, and consulting, providing services to municipalities, counties, colleges, school districts, public utilities, transit authorities, state agencies, nonprofits, and private sector businesses.

As an accounting and audit consultant since 2007, she primarily provides chief financial officer services to nonprofit organizations in order to give back to the community by ensuring nonprofits implement strong governance systems, proper financial reporting, effective internal controls, and compliance with grant rules and regulations. Her private practice is based on experience both in external and internal auditing with five years as chief of Internal Audit for a local government and 18 years as a partner in a local public accounting firm.

Verde has served on the board of TD Industries since 2007 and serves as chair of the Audit Committee for this employee-owned company headquartered in Dallas with over $600 million of revenue and 2,400 employees. TD is a premier facilities management and specialty construction corporation listed for 21 years by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. As a board member, she provides strategic direction to grow the company. In addition, her business contacts have led to securing several multimillion dollar contracts.

Verde also serves as a board member of Trellis Companies (formerly TG), a multimillion dollar revenue and equity nonprofit organization, and the related Trellis Foundation. She was appointed to the board 12 years ago by then-Governor Rick Perry for this corporation that served as the student loan guarantor for Texas. She served four years as board chair and board vice chair and currently chairs the Compensation Committee.

Verde has had extensive community service spanning over 30 years in the San Antonio community. She has held key leadership positions including board chair of Texas Public Radio and SAY Si and treasurer of the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She currently serves on the Board of ACE Academy and WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing Inc.) and is Audit Committee chair of Women's Hall of Fame. She also serves on the Board of Advisors of the NACD Texas TriCities Chapter.

As a native San Antonian, Verde received her BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas in San Antonio. She obtained her CPA Certification by passing all four parts of the exam at one time and earned her Certified Internal Auditor Certification in 2009. Her professional associations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, San Antonio Chapter of Certified Public Accountants, International Institute of Internal Auditors, and NACD.

Verde and her husband spend their free time traveling, entertaining, and relaxing with family and friends. The bulk of her free time is devoted to her six-year-old granddaughter.